| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 223 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Excavations at Franchthi Cave, Greece ; fasc. 14 |
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Excavations at Franchthi Cave, Greece ; fasc. 14.
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Introduction. Introduction to the site and assemblage ; Classification ; Describing the material ; Why not a ground stone tool stratigraphy? ; Tool names ; Structure of the study ; Abbreviations used in the text -- The pre-neolithic material. introduction ; The Palaeolithic period ; The Mesolithic period ; Possible Pre-Neolithic specimens -- The Neolithic material (1). Introduction to the Neolithic period ; Passive tools ; Introduction ; Passive open tools (Popen) ; Passive tools with cavity (Pcav) ; Passive miscellanea (Pmisc) -- The Neolithic material (2). Active tools ; introduction ; Active cutting edge tools (Acut) ; Active discoidal tools (Adisc) ; Active rectangular tools (Arect) ; Active square or circular tools (Asquare-circ) ; Active tools used with ends (Aend) ; Active globular tools (Aglobe) ; Active globular tools without stains (Aglobe-nostain) ; Active miscellanea (Amisc) ; Epilogue -- Summary and conclusions. Raw material ; Manufacture ; Use and discard ; Chronological distribution ; Spatial distribution |
| Summary |
Despite their ubiquitous presence among prehistoric remains in Greece, ground stone tools have yet to attract the same kind of attention as have other categories of archaeological material, such as pottery or lithics. Flexible Stones provides a detailed analysis of the material discovered during the excavations at Franchthi Cave, Peloponnese, Greece. Approximately 500 tools, the raw material used for their manufacture, as well as the byproducts of such manufacture were found. Most of this collection co |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Excavations (Archaeology) -- Greece.
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Stone implements -- Greece.
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Tools, Prehistoric -- Greece
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HISTORY -- Ancient -- Greece.
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ART -- History -- Ancient & Classical.
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Antiquities.
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Excavations (Archaeology)
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Stone implements.
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Tools, Prehistoric.
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Steingerät
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Funde
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Paläolithikum
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Mesolithikum
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Neolithikum
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Funde.
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Steingerät.
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Neolithikum.
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Franchthi Cave (Greece)
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Greece -- Antiquities.
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Paralia Site (Greece)
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Greece -- Paralia Site.
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Greece.
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Greece -- Franchthi Cave.
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Franchthi-Höhle
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Franchthi-Höhle.
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Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2010481388 |
| ISBN |
9780253001429 |
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0253001420 |
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